Poster
in
Workshop: Workshop on Open-World Agents: Synnergizing Reasoning and Decision-Making in Open-World Environments (OWA-2024)
From Context to Action: Analysis of the Impact of State Representation and Context on the Generalization of Multi-Turn Web Navigation Agents
Nalin Tiwary · Vardhan Dongre · Sanil Chawla · Ashwin Lamani · Dilek Tur
Keywords: [ Data Mining & Knowledge Management (DMKM) -> DMKM: Web-Based QA ] [ Data Mining & Knowledge Management (DMKM) -> DMKM: Web Search & Information Retrieval ] [ Speech & Natural Language Processing (SNLP) -> SNLP: Conversational AI/Dialog Systems ]
Recent advancements in Large Language Model (LLM)-based frameworks have extended their capabilities to complex real-world applications, such as interactive web navigation. These systems, driven by user commands, navigate web browsers to complete tasks through multi-turn dialogues, offering both innovative opportunities and significant challenges. Despite the introduction of benchmarks for conversational web navigation, a detailed understanding of the key contextual components that influence the performance of these agents remains elusive. This study aims to fill this gap by analyzing the various contextual elements crucial to the functioning of web navigation agents. We investigate the optimization of context management, focusing on the influence of interaction history and web page representation. Our work highlights improved agent performance across out-of-distribution scenarios, including unseen websites, categories, and geographic locations through effective context management. These findings provide insights into the design and optimization of LLM-based agents, enabling more accurate and effective web navigation in real-world applications.